Boring machine



W. 5'. HEMPY..-

BORING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILEDFEBJ 24, 19:9.

Patented Feb. 21, 192 2.

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BORING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED FEB- 24, 1919 1,407,031 Patented Feb.21, 1922.

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BY fiiizw' A TTORNE Y.

WILIBUR J. EEMPY, or o'r'rawn KANSAS,

PATENT OFFICE.

ASSIGNOR TO HEMPY-GOOPER MANUFAC- TUBING COMPANY, A. CORPORATION OF MISSOURI.

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-Speciflcation of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 21, 1922.

Application.- filed February 24, 1919. Serialll'o. 278,686.

To all whom it may comm.-

Be it known. that I, WILBUR J. HEMPY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ottawa, in the county of Franklin and State of Kansas, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements ,in Boring Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relatesto machines for-boring the bearingsof'en'gine cylinder blocks and while it may be adapted to different kinds of cylinder blocks it is especially us e-. ful in bor ng the bearings of Ford cylinder blocks and also Fordsontractor cylinder blocks. p

The machine is simple in construction and designed to quickly and accurately bore all of the crankshaft bearings of a cylinder block in one operation, and in order that a thorough understanding of its "construction and operation may be had, reference will now be made to the accompanying drawings,

in which:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of the machine in 3 position upon an inverted cylinder block.

Fig. 2 is a broken, enlarged sectional view on line II of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged cross sectional view '3 on line III--I II of Fig.2. 1

Fig. 4 is anend elevation of the machine in position upon the cylinder block, the drive shaft of the boring machine being 1n cross section. J

Fig. 5 is a cross section of the boring machine removed from the .cylinder block and taken on line V- -'V of Fig. 1.

Fig. 6 is an enlarged cross sectional view on line VI-VI of Fig. 2.

Fig. 7 is a fragmentary elevation of part of theboring mandrel and means for adjusting each. cutting tool carried by said mandrel. I I j Fi 8 is an enlarged cross section on line VII --VIII of Fig. 1.

A, designates the engine cylinder block provided with three alined babbitt bearings B to receive the usual crank shaft (not shown). Said bearings B are mounted in the customary transverse supports 5, extending from side to side ofthe cylinder block A, which latter is also rovided at its ends with the usual cam sha bearingsC, which 00- act in locating my machine in proper osition upon thecylinder block A, as will ereinafter appear.

Referring now to the various arts of the,

machine, 1 designates a frame which is shaped to fit directly upon the flange D surroundlng the base of the cylinder block A. Sald frame 1 is provided with holes which register with the usual holes in the flange D to'receive bolts 3 whereby the frame 1 is firmly secured upon the flange D.

Theframe 1 .is provided with transverse bearings 5, 7 9 and 11, in which a boring mandrel 13 is journaled. Said boring mandrel 13 is provided with three cutting tools 15, one for each babbitt-bearing B. The cutting tools are spaced apart the distance of the babbitt bearings B and each cutting tool 15 extends transversely through the man-. drel 13 and after being adjusted longitudinally to cut the babbitt to the desired depth, it is firmly secured by a lock screw 17 threaded into the mandrel and bearing against the slde of the cutting tool 15 as disclosed by Fig. 8.

- Longitudinal adjustment of the cutting tool 15 is effected by an adjusting screw 19, threaded into the mandrel 13 and bearing against the rear end of said cutting tool 15 As disclosed by Fig. 7, the outer end of the adjusting-screw 19 has a dial 21 to coact screw or nut 25 and a detent 27. The feed screw 25 is journaled upon the mandrel 13 and the rear end 29 of its thread 30 tapers down to the-diameter of the boring mandrel 13 as more clearly'disclosed on Fig. 6. Thus when the detent 27. which is yieldably f mounted upon a. spring 32 reaches the reduced end of the tapered portion 29 the thread 30 ceases to advance said detent 27 and the same in turn ceases to advance the mandrel 13, hence there is no danger of damaging the machine should the operator inadvertently fail to stop it after the cutting tools 15 have traversed the length of the bearings B. I

The feed-nut 25 is provided at one end with spur teeth 34, which are engaged and 110 v40 mounted on the frame 1.

The mandrel 13 is provided with a pinion 42 having a groove-and-feather connection 44 with said mandrel for the purpose of rotating the same and also to permit it to move longitudinally in said pinion 4-2, which is driven by a master gear 46 fixedly-mounted upon the drive shaft 38 beside the master gear 36.

The gears 34, 42, 36 and 46 are proportio-ned to drive the feed-nut 25 slightly faster than the mandrel 13, so that the latter will be advanced by the former from end to end of the bearings B, at a relatively low speed. By thus slowly advancing the mandrel 13 with the cutting tools 15, the cut made by each of the latter at each revolution overlaps the preceding out and thus leaves the bored surfaces or the bearings B, smooth throughout their re spective lengths.

The drive shaft 38 is prcvided at one end with a cranlr 48 whereby it may be manually operated. it is also provided with a pulley 50,sothat it may be power driven where power is available.

52 designates a pair of centering-pins slidably-mounted in bearings 54 at one end of arms 56 provided at their opposite end with bearings 58 swiveled uponthe boring mandrel '13. One end of each centering pin 52 is provided with a handle 60, while its opposite end is adapted to fit snugly withinthe adjacent cam shaft bearing C, so as to aid in properly centering the boring mandrel 13 in proper relation to-the bearings B.

In practice the frame 1 is placed upon the inverted cylinderblock A in such position as to bring the mandrel 13 into axial alinementwith the bearings B, which operation is aided by the centering-pins 52 and the cam shaft bearings C. The frame 1 is then firmly secured in place by the bolts 3. The cutting tools 15 are then adjusted longitudinally to trim out the bearings B, after which the drive shaft 38 is rotated to drive the mandrel 13 and the feed-nut 25 through the intermediacy of the gearing 34, 36, 42 and 46, until said'cutting tools 15 travel from end to end of the bearings B.

From the foregoing description it is apparent that I have produced a machine embodying the advantages above-mentioned,

and while I have shown anddescribed the preferred form of the invention, I reserve the right to make such changes inthe construction, combination, and arrangement of parts as properly fall within the spirit and sco e of the claims.

aving thus described my invention, what I claim and desire ent, is:

1. In a machine of the character described, means adaptedto be secured to a cylinder to secure by Letters Patblock, a member arranged to rotate and move longitudinally in said means, a cutting tool carried by said member to bore the crank shaft hearings in the cylinder block, a yieldably-mounted detent carried by said member, and a rotatably internally-threaded member engaging said detent to move the member longitudinally with the cutting tool, the internal thread being tapered at one end to throw the detent out of engagement and stop longitudinal movement of the firstmentioned member.

2. in a machine of the character described, means adapted to be secured to a cylinder block, a member rotatably and slidably mounted in said means, cutting tools carried by said member to bore the hearings in the cylinder block, a detent, a spring yieldably connecting said detent to the member, and a feed-nut engaging the detent and mounted upon the member to move the same longitudinally, the thread of said feed-nut being tapered at one end to throw the detent out of engagement and stop longitudinal movement of the member after it has carried the cutting toolslfrom end to end of the respective bearings.

3. in a machine of the character described, means adapted to' be secured to a cylinder block, a member rotatably and slidably mounted in said means, a cutting tool carried by said member to bore the crank shaft hearings in the cylinder block, means for" rotating said member, a feed-nut rotatively mounted upon said member and having an internal thread to engage and move said member longitudinally, and means for rotating said feed-nut faster than the mem her to move 'the latter longitudinally with the cutting tool.

4. In a machine of the character described, means adapted to be secured to a cylinder block having axially alined. bearings, a member rotatably and slidably mounted in said means and held thereby in axial alinement with said bearings, a cutting tool carried by said member to bore the hearings in the cylinder block, a gear wheel having a groove and-feather connection with said member, means for driving said gear wheel, a feednut operably-engagingthe member, and gearing for driving said feed-screw at a different speed from the member to move the same longitudinally with the cutting tool.

5. In a machine of the character described, means adapted to be secured to a cylinder block having axially alined bearings, a mandrel mounted to rotate and travel longitudinally in said means, cutting tools carried by said mandrel and spaced apart to engage and bore the hearings in the cylinder block, a gear wheel to rotate the mandrel, a second gear wheel to drive the first one, a drive shaft upon which said second gear wheel is mounted, a feed-nut operably-engaging the mandrel to cause the same to carry the cutting tools from end to end of the bearings, spur teeth on said feed-nut, and a spur.

cam-shaft bearings of the cylinder block and l. in a machine of the character described,-

means adapted to be secured to a cylinder block having cam shaft bearings at each end, centering-pins adapted to slidably enter the cam-shaft bearings of the cylinder block and aid in properly positioning said means upon said cylinder block, handles to said centering-pins, a member mounted to rotate and travel longitudinally in said means, arms operably mounted upon said member and in which the centering-pins are slidablymounted, cutting tools carried by said memher to'bore the main shaft hearings in the cylinder block, and means for moving the member longitudinally to cause it to carry the cutting tools from. end to end of said main shaft bearings.

8. In a machine of the character described, means adapted to be supported by an inverted cylinder block having a'plurality of crank shaft bearings spaced apart, a member mounted to rotate and move longitudinally'in said means, mechanism to actuate said member, and tools carried by said member and spaced apart to engage and trim the crank shaft bearings as said member rotates and moves longitudinally.

9. In a machine of the character described, a portable frame shaped to fit upon the margin of an inverted cylinder block having crank shaft bearings, a bar mounted to rotate and move longitudinally in said frame be supported thereby in axial alinement ith the crank shaft bearings, and tools procting from the periphery of said barto trim the crank shaft bearings as said bar rotates and moves longitudinally.

10. In a machine of the character, de-

scribed, a portable frame adapted to fit upon the margin of an inverted cylinder block ving bea gs and cam ted to and inally said frame, mechasaid i "a l and crank s Quilt 1 at. i, A erel, luUOib carried and means for engaging the-eam shaft bearings to assist in positioning and holding the frame upon the cylinder block.

11. In a machine of the character described, a mandrel, supporting means adapted to be supported by a cylinder block and hold the mandrel in axial alinement with the babbitted crank shaft bearings of said cylinder block, cutting tools spacedapart on the mandrel to trim the babbitted bearings, and

mechanism for rotating and moving said mandrel longitudinally.

I 12. In a boring tool for crank case bearings, the combination with a boring bar, of bearings for supporting the opposite ends of said bar, arms extending from said boring bar bearings, and means carried by said arms for engaging the cam shaft bearings in the'crank case for locating said boring bar bearings a predetermined distance from the axis of the cam shaft bearings.

13. In a boring tool for crank case bearings, the combination with a boring bar of a length to extend beyond the ends of the crank case, of bearings for said bar at op posite ends of the crank case, arms extending from said boring bar bearings, and a shaft carried by saidarms engaging the cam shaft bearings inthe crank case for locating said boring bar bearings a predetermined distance from the axis of the cam shaft bearings. 14. In a boring tool for crank case bearin a ength to extend beyond the crank case, of bearings for said bar at opposite ends of the crank case, arms extending oppositely from said boring bar bearings, a shaft carried by said arms at one side of the boring barbearings engageable With the cam shaft hearings in the crank case for locating said boring bar bearings a predetermined distance from the axis of the cam shaftbearings, and means carried by said arms at the opposite side of the boring bar bearings engaging a machined face of the crank case to further position the boring bar bearings.

for locating said boring bar bearin s a pre determined distance from the axis 0;, cam shaft hearings in testimony whereof in the presence of two i s, the combination with a boringbar of 

